Ferenc Mayer (7 January 1908 at Nagyvarad, Romania – November 9, 2000, at Hattenville, Normandy, France), also known as François Mayer or Ferenc Mayer, was a Hungarian

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who played as goalkeeper.

Career

Mayer played in

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with

Cercle Athlétique de Paris Cercle Athlétique de Paris Charenton is a French football club which plays in the cities of Charenton-le-Pont and Maisons-Alfort, Val-de-Marne. The team is a merge between CA Paris (founded in 1892) and SO Charentonnais (founded in 1904). The t ...

from 1932 to 1934. He took

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for the club. He then played two seasons at

Stade Malherbe de Caen Stade Malherbe Caen (; commonly known as SM Caen, SMC, or simply Caen) is a French professional football team, based in the city of Caen in Normandy, that competes in the Ligue 2. The club was founded on 17 November 1913 by the merger of ''C ...

. Later, while at

Racing Club de Strasbourg Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (commonly known as RC Strasbourg, Racing Straßburg, RCSA, RCS, or simply Strasbourg; Alsatian: ''Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri'') is a French association football club founded in 1906, based in the c ...

, he took part in the final of the 1936-1937 Coupe de France. He also played for the Hungary national football team (amateur team). Between 1944 and 1946, he was the coach of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayer, Ferenc 1908 births 2000 deaths Hungarian men's footballers CA Paris-Charenton players Stade Malherbe Caen players RC Strasbourg Alsace players Hungarian football managers Stade Malherbe Caen managers Hungarian people of German descent Men's association football goalkeepers Naturalized citizens of France